Recommendations for the Assessment of
Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the
Characterization of Atherosclerosis and
Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk: From the
American Society of Echocardiography
Amer M. Johri, MD, FASE, Vijay Nambi, MD, FASE, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD, FASE, Steven B. Feinstein, MD,
Esther S. H. Kim, MD, MPH, FASE, Margaret M. Park, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, Harald Becher, MD, PhD,
and Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Houston, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; Chicago, Illinois;
Nashville, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Copenhagen, Denmark
